Luckey's political controversy makes a single appearance, amongst the higher-than-expected price, the platform lock-in, and the custom connectors, all of which are tied to the slow defection of developers from the platform, which has in turn resulted in a paucity of apps for the system at launch. No offense, but -- this being the hottest phase of an overheated election season -- I think your antennnae are a bit overly sensitive here.

The technical issues were discussed months ago when they surfaced, they're not something that happened last week or even last month. I'm 100% certain that the trigger for this article's publication is political disagreement.

Luckey's political controvery makes an appearance.. in the byline... as the reason for the price hikes.

> Bankrolling Trump trolls costs a lot, yo

Regardless of what's right, that certainly feels like it's taken a side.

Disagree. When tech figures who would otherwise be hero-worshipped are caught supporting extremist politics or otherwise nakedly trolling, out in the wild -- that's always in the interest of the HN community to know.

Ahh, call-out culture is the best. It's so great when people find a high horse they're comfortable riding.

Again, I disagree. When major industry figures are found to be supporting extremist politicians by either covert or overt means, then pointing this out isn't "riding a high horse" -- it's due diligence.

> extremist

This is the problem I'm talking about. HN should be above political discussions like this. Look, I'm sure we'd have a great exchange on politics; but this should be neutral grounds for all of us.

One of the things that makes HN great is that we're united by our passion for technology and if politics ever surfaces it should be because it has a direct impact on technology (like when Brendan Eich left Mozilla).

Your spin vs. my spin is a boring, meaningless game, but it would probably help your play if you use a phrase that has a more applicable definition to the activity you're spinning.

The hell is call-out culture?